re: Common core homework for a 2nd grader

Do kids still memorize the times tables? Back when I had to memorize them, I would always “cheat” to double check my work. 6x9 is 54. 6x10 minus 6 is 54.

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I think I solved it.

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We have a winner.

Louisiana has screwed up Common Core even worse with this new Privacy Law which prevents Universities from seeing if the standards even work or not. Why couldn't they just get all the data but identify the students without their names so we can even see if Common Core is working in Louisiana. I suspect this Republican knew it wasn't working but made sure the results could never be found.
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"Dozens of bills were debated. Only one truly succeeded: a measure by then-Rep. John Schroder, R-Covington, that criminalized sharing student data without parental permission.

Today, Common Core is the everyday curricula. White is a father. Schroder holds a statewide office.

And the Board of Regents is wondering how — with their hands tied by Schroder’s privacy law — their auditors can take a deep enough dive into college admission standards for an audit demanded after LSU administrators unilaterally changed theirs.

Regents wanted to know if the LSU applicants who failed to meet the admissions criteria performed well in college or if they slowed down other students. If some of those admitted by exception had lower grade-point averages because they took much harder courses, like calculus instead of general math. Or if there were extenuating circumstances in high school that account for lower ACT test scores."

The OP's pic really makes me hate people.

They put 0 thought into making a decent math question.

Glad I never had to deal with this crap when I was younger. Honestly who believes this shite actually works?

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Draw 24 cubes that are connected

Then draw 24 cubes with 10 of the cubes just floating around all willy nilly

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Done.

Now what the frick have I learned?

What a waste

You gotta you tube that shite man

I actually like that math is being taught this way.

I didn't truly understand math until college. One day I was in a college math class, and it just clicked. Literally in an instant. Like a light bulb went off and I just "got it". Mathematical theories just made sense in my head.

Then I started thinking about how we were taught math growing up. We were taught the steps of what to do, but we weren't told HOW to THINK. We weren't taught the theory as to WHY a formula is set up the way it is. We weren't taught to think mathematically. We were just given formulas to plug in numbers and follow steps. I would make good grades but really had no clue as to why I was doing what I was doing with each math problem. I was just following steps.

After I had my math epiphany in college, I didn't even need formulas I used to have to memorize. I could construct the formula myself on the fly because I understood HOW to think mathematically and knew what needed to be done logically to reach the solution.


And common core is teaching kids HOW to think, as opposed to just having them memorize and regurgitate like mindless zombies things they really don't understand. One thing I'm not sure about is maybe some people just aren't capable of really understanding math. And the only way they can get by is by memorizing and not really knowing what they're doing.

But the thing is... how do you separate those who can really learn math and those who are only capable of memorization?